A prayer vigil will be held Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Greater Goodwill AME Church in Mount Pleasant off Highway 17.

The family's pastor, the Rev. A.R. Kollok, said funeral services for the family will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant.

Kollok called the Manigaults a Christian, Bible-based family. He said Rose sang in the choir and Faith was active in the youth ministry.

“Wiped out a whole family, pretty much a whole household,” Kollok said Monday. He said the whole community is struggling over the loss of the four family members.

“As a church family and as members of our church, it’s really devastating to us. Yeah, it just really blew us away as a church family,” he said. "They're searching for answers to see why something so horrific could happen to them in that community."

Kollok said he knew something very bad had happened at the Manigault home on Saturday.

“Can you imagine? First I start hearing bits and pieces and when I got there, of course, I learned what had really taken place,” he said.

Kollok and others in the community learned that another family member, Lovequawn Scott, the grandson of Joseph and Rose, had been arrested for the crime.

“All those people were at church last Sunday, not this past Sunday but the Sunday before that,” Kollok said. “Unbelievable to see how the minds of people are.”

The effects of the murders also are being felt at James B. Edwards Elementary School. Joseph Manigault worked there as a custodian for about 15 years. When he retired, the cafeteria was named in his honor.

“Just why in the world would anyone want to harm Joe Manigault or any member of his family?” James B. Edwards Elementary School teacher Nancy Platt asked.

“Joe was the kind of guy who always had a smile on his face and his heart was as big as his smile and he would help anybody with anything they needed,” teacher Leslie Rosen said.

Investigators say Scott, who lived at the home on Atlanta Drive, beat all four to death.